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Pittsburg, Kansas | That is the mechanical portion of it. And is no doubt a contributing factor.
What the video talks about is the hormonal factor. Being in a hormonal fat burning mode indicated by low insulin levels in the blood, can make an average of 300 more calories burned all else being equal. Varying quite a lot between individuals.
300 calories either burned in excess or not burned over months and then years, can make the difference between being trim and obese.
When I was a hundred pounds over weight, I didn't get there in a single year. But take three or four pounds a year for thirty years, and there you have it. 300 calories difference a day would do it.
Calories matter but what the body does with the calories matters even more. Hormones and quality of the calories makes a difference. Wood sawdust will show up as calories in a calorimeter. But 5,000 calories of sawdust and 5,000 calories of sugar will not digest or create the same hormone response. Regular consumption of either probably is going to make a person very ill, but not in the same way and with a very different insulin response.
A calorie is not a calorie when it comes to the way the body treats different types of calories. Not all calories are metabolically treated the same nor have the same effect on metabolism, energy or storage of that energy.
Edited by John Burns 6/26/2026 10:38
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Why some people burn more calories than others
